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Dissertation Defense: Wes Hanson on "Suetonius' Organizational Craft"

Mar 26, 2021 at -

Wes Hanson will defend his Classical Studies dissertation,

Suetonius' Organizational Craft

with a public presentation on

Friday 26 March 2021, 2-3:30pm (Philadelphia time).

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First Friday Meeting -- next session on white supremacy in Classical Studies: March 5

Mar 5, 2021 at -

Our next First Friday will be this Friday, March 5th from 2-3:30 PM. This month our topic of discussion will be white supremacy in Classical Studies – from use of the ancient studies by alt-right white supremacists… Read More



Town Hall Meeting on departmental Google calendar - New Date: Feb 26 @ 2 pm

Feb 26, 2021 at -

This is a meeting to talk about creating a Google calendar for the department. How public we make certain kinds of events will require some discussion, and we’ll need input from all interested members of the CLST… Read More



Department Colloquium and Alumni Event: Emily Wilson (Penn) "Why Read Homer in 2021?"

Feb 18, 2021 at

Title: "Why Read Homer in 2021?"



Sheila Ager (University of Waterloo) Hyde Lecture: "Power and Precarity: Murdering Royal Women in the Hellenistic Age"

Mar 25, 2021 at

Speaker: Sheila Ager, Professor and Dean of Arts, University of Waterloo

Hyde Lecture: "Power and Precarity: Murdering Royal Women in the Hellenistic… Read More



First Friday Meeting -- next session on Anti-Racism: February 5

Feb 5, 2021 at -

Our next First Friday will be this Friday, Feb 5 from 2-3:30 PM. This month, we will be doing a session on anti-racist pedagogy led by Professor Kate Meng Brassel and Jamiella Brooks, Associate Director of the CTL.… Read More



Dissertation Defense: Isabella Reinhardt "Language and Reality in Early Greek Thought"

Jan 15, 2021 at -

Isabella Reinhardt will defend her dissertation,

Language and Reality in Early Greek Thought
 
with a public presentation on

Friday 15 January 2021, 11am-12:30pm (… Read More



Department Colloquium: Sarah Derbew (Department of Classics, Stanford University) "A Language for Blackness"

Apr 15, 2021 at

Speaker: Sarah Derbew, Assistant Professor of Classics, Stanford University

Title: A Language for Blackness



Department Colloquium: Donald Lavigne (Department of Classics, Texas Tech University) "Old Media, and New: Early Greek Epigram"

Apr 8, 2021 at

Speaker: Donald Lavigne, Associate Professor of Classics, Texas Tech University

Title: Old… Read More



Department Colloquium: Katharina Volk (Department of Classics, Columbia University) "Pythagoreanism, Magic, Child Sacrifice (and Other Pastimes of Late Republican Roman Senators)"

Apr 1, 2021 at

Speaker: Katharina Volk, Classics Professor, Columbia University

Title: Pythagoreanism, Magic, Child Sacrifice (and Other Pastimes… Read More